Display-stand



'(No Model.)

D. HENDERSON.

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- Patented Feb. 2, 1897.,

UNITED STATEs PATENT @Erica i DANIEL HENDERSON, OF KINGSLEY, IOIVA.

DISPLAY-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 576,453, datedFebruary 2, 1897.

Application filed April 9,1896. Serial No. 586.818. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, DANIEL HENDERSON, of Kingsley, in the county ofPlymouth and State of Iowa, have invented anew and ImprovedDisplay-Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, andeconomic device by means of which sickle-sections, ledger-plates, andsimilar wares usually kept in hardwarestores and implement-houses may bestored and kept in perfect shape, the arrangement of the plates or wareson the device being such as to enable a salesman to immediately pick outa sickle or ledger-plate, for example, for any form ot' harvester in anexpeditious and convenient manner and learn at the same time the size ofthe different articles on the le, the year or years in which themachines were made to which the particular plates are adapted, the sizeof the rivet or rivets necessary, and the cost and the sale price of thewares.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set `forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the device, illustrating thesickle-sections and ledgerplates as iiled thereon; and Fig. 2 is avertical section taken through the device practically on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1.

In carrying out the invention a support A is employed, which is usuallyraised by a marginal flange or its equivalent. In the said support oneor more openings 10 are made, and each opening 10 is provided with ahorizontal flange at one side extending in direction of the oppositeside of the opening, the flange being a predetermined distance below theupper level of the base, and at a right angle to each slot or opening 10a second and preferably a wider and shorter opening 12 is made in thesupport, and a horizontal or upwardly-inclined flange 13 is formed ateach side of the latter openings 12, the flanges 13 being also below theplane of the upper surface of the support, as shown inboth Figs. 1 and2.

The holder B, particularly adapted for sickle-sections C, is preferablymade from one piece of spring-wire of suitable diameter, and the saidholder comprises two parallel upright sections or posts 14, ahorizontalbase-arm 15, extending from the bottom of each upright post 14, andbetween the base-arms the wire is bent inwardly in direction of thespace between the posts in a manner to form a horizontal arch 1G.

In placing the holder B in the support the posts are passed upwardthrough the exposed portion of a slot l0 in the base until that portionof the support-arms connecting with the posts rests practically on theflange 11, pro- .vided for the said opening. The remaining portions ofthe base-ar1ns will then extend horizontallybeneath the base, and bymanipulating the flanges 13 at the opening l2 in a manner to carry thesaid flanges upward `around the members of the central arch 10 ftheholder will be held rigidly in engagement with the under face of thebase, leaving the Y posts 14 perfectly free to be sprung in direction ofor away from each other as far as the length of the slot 10 will admit.The upper ends of the posts 14 are preferably pointed.

The posts 14 of the holder are made to pass through the rivet-holes inthe sickle-sections C to be led upon that particular holder, and onestyle of sickle-section only for a particular harvester or of aparticular size is contained upon a holder, so that when a number ofthese holders B are employed there will be filed upon each one a numberof sickle-sections of the same make.

In order that a salesman or other person requiring information may tellat a glance just what style of sickle-section is contained on a holder,each holder is provided with a listin g-blank C,having a correspondingshape to the sicklesection and having openings corresponding to therivet-openings in said sections. A listing-blank will always cover theuppermost sickle-section and will contain, preferably, the followinginformation: the name of the machine for which the sicklesection isdesigned, the size of the sickle-sed tion, the year or years in whichthe machine was manufactured to which this particular section is to beapplied, the size and number of the rivet that is to accompany thesection, and the cost and the selling price.

In order to adapt the device for the iiling of ledger-plates, a holder Dis employed, which may be used in connection with any of the posts 14,or in connection with a single adjustable or fixed post. The ledger-plate holder D consists of two upright parallel standards 17, andfrom the bottom of each standard a horizontal base-arm 18 is projected,the arms being usually carried from the standards outn wardly inopposite directions, and they are connected at their diverging ends andhave an eye 19 formed in such connection. The holder D is usually madefrom spring-wire, and the eye 1f) will receive the post to which theholder is to be applied. The uprights or standards 17 are quite closetogether, and while parallel for the greater portion of their length aremade to diverge at the top.

The ledger-plates E are applied by causing the post to which the holderD is attached to be passed through the rivet-openings in the plates, theplates resting one on the other, and their contracted ends will neatlyfit in the space between the uprights or standards 17 of the holder D,and a listing-blank E is placed upon the uppermost ledgenplate of eachfile of the same, bearing the information which has been described withreference to the listing-blanks for the sickle-sections.

As heretofore stated, instead of the posts of a holder beingspring-controlled the adj ustm ent of a single or of two opposing postsmay be accomplished by forming openings 2O in the support, having asunken iiange 2l at each side, providing a post 22 with a collar 23, thecollar being made to end in the slot 21 in such manner that it will beprevented from turning, and the collar rests upon the sunken flanges 21.rlhe lower end of the post, which is carried through and beyond thebottom portion of the support of the device, is provided with a lock-nut24E, whereby two posts may be shifted toward or away from one another toreceive a iile of sickle-sections, or any particular post may beindependently adjusted.

It will be furthermore understood that the holder D may be used inconnection with a lixed post as well as with an adjustable one.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a display-stand, a holder comprising posts,horizontal spring-arms connecting the posts, and a support to which thearms are attached and on which the posts have movement to and from eachother, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a display-stand, the combination, with a support having openingstherein at angles to one another, and flanges formed at the sides of theopenings below the plane of the upper surface of the support, of aholderconstructed of spring material and comprising parallel posts extendingout through one of the openings in the said support, engaging with theflange of the same, horizontal base-arms extended from the base beneaththe support, and an arched connection between the said arms, the membersof the connecting-arch being supported by the iianges formed at thesecond openings in the support, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a display-stand,the combination, with. a standard, of a holderconnected therewith, comprising a base-section and standards projectedupward in parallel lines from one end of the base-section in front ofthe said standard, the holder being constructed of a spring material,and capable with the posts of holding ledger-plates, substantially asdescribed.

4. A display-stand having a support a post carried by the support, and aholder having two upright rods and a triangular bottom portion, thebottom portion having `an eye at the point opposite the rods and the eyereceivin g the post, substantially as described.

5. A dis play-stand having a support formed with two slots extendingangularly to each other, one slot being adjacent to two flanges on thesupport, the iianges being extended below the support, and a holderhaving two posts and also having a base provided with two side portionsto which the posts are respectively connected, the side portions of thebase being joined by a curved or arched portion held by the iian ges,substantially as described.

6. A display-stand having a supporting-post rising from the support anda holder having a base pivotally connected to the post, the holder alsohaving two posts rising from the base, substantially as described.

7. A display-stand having a support, a post adjustable horizontally onthe support, and a holder havin g a base pivotally connected with thepost and having two posts rising therefrom, substantially as described.

8. A display-stand having a support, a post rising from the support, andaholder having a base provided with an eye loosely receiving the post,and two posts rising from the base, substantially as described.

9. A display-stand having a support formed with a slot, the edges ofwhich are bent to form two Iianges extending out from the support, and aholder having a post land also having a base, the base having twoconnected side portions and the side portions being respectivelyembraced and held by the flanges, substantially as described.

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10. A display stand having a, support formed with a slot, the materialat the edges of the slot being bent outwardly to form a groove, a collarl1 swing plane sides and su ugly fitting and slidable Within Jallegroove, the eollar being inea'pableof turning in Jlie groove, a, postxed no the collar and movable With the seme, the post being extendedthrough the slot, and a nut on the side of the support opposite thecollar and coperating with the lo post to clamp the same with Jhesupport, substantially as described.

DANIEL HENDERSON. Vtnesses: l

CHAS. O. WHITNELL, HERMAN RIECKMAN.

